Joy Cometh in the Morning

As a child I found it quite difficult trying to sort out my own identity as a quasi-middle child. I say that because I had two sisters who were older and one sister just a year younger. I was the only male in the household other than my father. You would think that the situation would have worked in my favor since I was my father's only son. Believe it or not my situation worked completely opposite to the norm.

My father had adopted a philosophy based on his own evolution as a child. Ironica...